India's own version of Madame Tu s s a u d s m u s e u m w a s inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee

In a major step to increase role of women in armed forces, the NDA government allowed lady officers to command battalions in army's branches such as aviation, engineers and signal

Charge sheets to be filed within 20 days in cases of rape for speedy justice to victims

India successfully launched the GSLV D5 satellite

The anti-corruption helpline, by Delhi Government, receives nearly 4,000 calls in first seven hours of its operation

The anti-corruption helpline, by Delhi Government, receives nearly 4,000 calls in first seven hours of its operation

Jains accorded with minority status by centre

Harish Rawat became the new CM of Uttarakhand

Sachin Tendulkar and Prof C N R Rao are conferred with the country 's highest civil ian honour Bharat Ratna

India and Saudi Arabia sign a defence cooperation pact

India and Israel sign three agreements to strengthen the efforts in the war against terror and beef up bilateral security relations

The Centre raises dearness allowance to 100 per cent

E l e c t i o n C o m m i s s i o n introduced e-filing of affidavits by candidates for the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls

Western Ghats with an area of 56,825 sq km of the hills was dec lared as ecologica l ly sensitive

India proposed a global convention for 'no-first-use' policy for a nuclear weapon free world

The 16th Lok Sabha Elections were held – The world biggest democratic exercise

President Pranab Mukherjee decided not to vote in the 16th Lok Sabha elections in order to express his "neutrality in the political fray"

The 16th Lok Sabha elections witnessed the highest-ever turnout with more than 66 per cent of an estimated 814 million voters exercising their franchise

Lt. Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag, a ve te ran in fan t r y office r, became the new Army chief

Narendra Modi rewrote history storming to power at the Centre with a "triple century", giving NDA an unexpected 336 seats in the Lok Sabha and BJP an absolute majority on its own for the first time in an election that decimated Congress to its lowest ever tally of 44.

Nitish Kumar resigns as Bihar Chief Minister

First major foreign policy initiative of inviting SAARC leaders by Modi was described as 'right decision at the right time' sending out a message to the wor ld about Ind ia 's strength

Birth of Telangana. TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao became the first chief minister

PM Modi dedicates Russia-made India's largest aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya to the nation

30 GoMs and EGoMs scrapped by PM Modi

Ind ia w i l l l aunched five satellites for France, Canada, Germany and Singapore on June 30 under commercial agreements

PM inaugurated the rail link to Katra, the base of Vaishno Devi shrine

India successfully test-fired an advanced version of the 290-km range Brahmos supersonic cruise missile off the coast of Odisha, giving the country the capability to hit enemy targets hidden behind mountains or in a cluster of buildings with "pinpoint accuracy"

Amit Shah was rewarded for his key role in the Lok Sabha elections by appointment as the new Party chief of the Bharatiya Janta Party

Rajya Sabha informed that India figured third among top 10 countries where highest number of rape have taken place in 2010 while in cases of murder, the country comes second in 2012

Pitching for greater use of research for boosting the agriculture sector, Pr ime Minister Narendra Modi gave the slogan 'Lab-to-Land'

India announced a grant of USD 50,000 each to some Ebola-affected countries

In his maiden speech from Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces disbanding of P lann ing Commiss ion , a socialist-era vestige

A n g e r e d b y P a k i s t a n ' s consultations with Kashmiri separatists, India called off t a l k s b e t w e e n F o r e i g n Secretaries

Prime Minister Narendra Modi asks the IITs to take up the chal lenge of developing products in sectors including defence and health in which India is dependent on imports

Shahrukh Khan became first Indian actor to be roped in as an Ambassador of Interpol's 'Turn Back Crime' campaign

India moved ahead with its resolve to weed out archaic rules and procedures as part of reforms process

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched his government's mega scheme ' Jan Dhan Yojana', declaring that it was aimed at eradicating financial untouchability by providing bank accounts to the poor

Japan announced a USD 35 billion investment in India

Kashmir experienced the worst flash floods in nearly worst-ever floods in 109 years

Prime Minister Modi interacted with students on Teacher's Day saying girl education India's top priority

India deepened its bilateral cooperation with Germany for r e n e w a b l e e n e r g y , infrastructure, cleaning of rivers and vocational training besides high technology and the manufacturing sector

India signs the free trade agreement (FTA) in services and investments with 10-member ASEAN

P M l e d t h e c o u n t r y i n applauding the ISRO scientist for the success of Mars Orbiter Mission

P M M o d i l a u n c h e d h i s ambit ious Make in India c a m p a i g n t o b o o s t manufacturing and positioning India as global manufacturing hub

PM Modi launched the Clean India Campaign (the world's largest social mobilization campaign) and led the way in making it a mass movement

India granted lifelong visas Persons of Indian Origin

PM called for 4 coloured revolution in agriculture, energy, marine sector and milk production signifying the colours of the Indian flag

PM Modi launched the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana with an intent to develop rural India

Andhra Pradesh and Odisha mounted massive relief efforts on a war footing to restore communication and power links and clear roads that were battered in the powerful cyclone Hudhud

Har yana c rea tes h i s to r y clocking an all-time high polling of about 76 per cent

In a major reform push, the government deregulated diesel prices

Pritam Munde, the second daughter of late BJP leader Gopinath Munde, scripted Lok Sabha history winning the Beed seat in Maharashtra in a bypoll by a record margin of nearly seven lakh votes

P M M o d i p i t c h e d f o r revamping urban governance while linking it to the 'Digital India' mission and 'Swachh Bharat' campaign

PM Modi pays a surprise visit to Siachen to celebrate Diwali with soldiers posted at the world's highest battlefield

Government declared October 31st the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel as the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas

Monohar Lal Khattar became the first BJP chief minister of Haryana

Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in as Chief Minister of the first B J P g o v e r n m e n t i n Maharashtra

India achieves a major victory with the US agreeing to its proposal on food security issues at WTO

Government kick-started the Bal Swachhta Mission as part of Children's Day celebrations and also launched the 'Udaan' programme for girls, which seeks to prepare them for the IIT-JEE

India successfully test-fired its i nd igenous l y -deve loped nuclear-capable Prithvi-II and Dhanush ballistic missiles in separate trials, boosting the armed forces' operational readiness

For the first t ime in the country's history, a special squad of women troops was deployed deep inside jungles to under take act ive and prolonged operations against Naxalites

Jammu and Kashmir registered record turnout in the Assembly elections amidst terror threats and cease fire violations

In a move which will give a major boost to the tourism s e c to r, t h e G o ve rn m e n t launched the much-awaited electronic visa facility for visitors from 43 countries including US, Germany and Israel

UN General Assembly adopted a n I n d i a - l e d re s o l u t i o n d e c l a r i n g J u n e 2 1 a s 'International Day of Yoga

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TAKING GIANT STRIDES...

The year 2014 was the year of Change as far as India is concerned. As India continues to take giant strides for mankind, it has now made a mark for itself as a global powerhouse. India after 30 long years witnessed a single party majority in the 16th Lok Sabha elections with the most popular leader Narendra Modi as its 15th Prime Minister. While states like Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Haryana witness regime change, Jammu and Kashmir saw a hung parliament with record number of voter turnout. 2014 saw the birth of a new state, Telangana, ending a 60 year long struggle. Bitter rivals, both India and Pakistan continued cross border firing, while Malala and Kailash Satyarthi won the Noble Peace Prize. This year Indians also showed the world that we can reach Mars at one go and we can do it cheaper than anyone could imagine. The Kashmir floods and militant attack on tribals in Assam villages were causes of concern but the Indian Army once again proved that India is prepared. Policy initiatives and reforms to boost growth were fast tracked along with environmental clearances and development missions were launched in campaign mode (Clean India, Make in India, Jan Dhan Yojna). With the Indian economy showing signs of higher growth in the years to come, India signed of 2014 in style.

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